Nazki is Orissa High Court Chief Justice

Justice Bilal Nazki has been appointed as Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court.

Nazki (62), a Judge of the Bombay High Court, was born in Srinagar. He obtained his law degree in 1973 from the Aligarh Muslim University.

After working as the Advocate General of Jammu and Kashmir, he became a Judge of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court. He was transferred to the Andhra Pradesh High Court in 1997 and then to the Bombay High Court in January 2008.